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A grand coalition of opposition political parties, including a chunk of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and influential political stakeholders across the country is being firmed up ahead of the 2019 general election to wrest power from President Muhammadu Buhari’s party.

The new coalition may be unveiled in the next few weeks in a move designed to jolt all political permutations towards the next general election.

In the unfolding coalition are the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), certain leaders of the APC, the Social Democratic Party (SDP), about 23 other smaller parties and the Coalition for Nigeria Movement (CNM) formed by former President Olusegun Obasanjo.

The coalition is also said to enjoy the backing of other former presidents and retired generals, including General T. Y. Danjuma.

“This is not like the arrangement that produced the APC. We are not considering sending any application for change of name to INEC. There are not less than eight brand new political parties in the pockets of people across the various groups. We are thinking of fusing into one of them as the new platform.

You know, such a new party will give all sides equal opportunity. We will also avoid traps of the APC which is waiting to frustrate any attempt by, especially, the PDP to apply to the INEC for a change of its name,” a key figure in the coalition told Saturday Tribune on Friday.

The coalition is said to enjoy the of some leaders of the National Assembly, about 19 governors, including some from the APC and about 60 percent of the hip of the legislature across the country.

The last four weeks have seen persons involved in the plan holding strategic meetings at various levels at which, competent sources said, significant concessions were granted by the various groups to accommodate one another and move forward.

“One of such meetings was held in London last month. Two of these governors and some legislators were present,” another source told Saturday Tribune during the week.

National Chairman of the PDP, Chief Uche Secondus, on Thursday, confirmed that his party would soon go into a coalition with other like minds to defeat Buhari’s APC next year.

It was learnt that leaders of the PDP moved away from the initial ‘we can do it alone’ posture when they saw the resolve of the APC “to remain in power at all costs” even with the myriad of problems besetting the country.

“The PDP thereafter commenced merger or coalition talks with national political leaders, former officeholders and influential voices across the land. The new rapprochement will soon engineer a broad-based coalition that will give the APC the red card next year,” a PDP source said on Friday.

of the National Executive Committee of the PDP were on Thursday briefed on the developments so far by the National Chairman, Secondus, who told the meeting that the party was already working with former presidents, other leaders and like minds to unseat the APC in 2019.

“Consultations with various groups are useful and in coming days, a broader platform will be raised to wrest power from APC. We commend our elder statesmen and other patriotic Nigerians who have spoken up on the urgent need to rid the country of the current APC government and enthrone a government that will serve the people’s needs.

“We, therefore, invite our brothers, sisters, youths and women from other political parties to us to rescue our country that is in distress socially, politically, economically and security wise.

“Our consultations have taken us to meet with various interest groups who are willing to do business with us and I can report to you that they are very fruitful. We expect, in coming days, to have a broader political family working dedicatedly to rescue this democracy and our beloved country from the hands of APC,” Secondus said.

It, was however, gathered that some state chairmen of the party objected to the likely name change as a source added that the matter could not be resolved at the NEC meeting.

“The matter is only on the table but we are determined to accommodate all interests willing to work with us. The idea of name change is tricky. We are discussing the matter further and we will get to the right decision at the end of the day,” a source in the PDP said .

Some sources however said that rather than dissipate energy on name change, the party “should adopt a more positive outlook towards national development and roll out its plans to oust the APC. One thing is sure, we will not allow the name debate to derail the emerging coalition ahead of 2019.”

http://www.tribuneonlineng.com/apc-group-pdp-sdp-obasanjos-cnm-others-to-form-new-party/

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Good one. Whatever that can be done to remove this embarrassment is allowed.

Really pray they all come together to present a credible person anyway i am sure whichever way the ruling party should get set to move....

Lobatan

people deceive people and associations or thieves

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You will all fail if your agenda is to embezzle our treasury and have no plan for us

ironic...same ppl that created Nigeria problems,even added more problems when they were in power are now the same ppl that want to amend it

I am beginning to suspect that Obj is here to sabotage our movt to send the Dullard packing...its too late to form any party that can make an impact against Buhari now ..the only hope is is to rally around a credible visionary smart fair and liberal Northerner and make sure we send the Dullard packing

They stole the country dry in the past and now they wanna form another gangster group to perish the country.

Mtcheww is it by new party
I will just keeping praying nd ing in all the ways that I can for a better Nigeria. God help us all

Wasted effort.

Anything to remove Buhari is welcomed. Henceforth, any party that bleeps up will be booted out with immediate effect

Bye bye

Buhari

It is looking interesting.

All the same, Nigerians need to give a newer party a chance. APC and PDP are just same old, same old.

Problem is, mosr people aren't bold enough to form a new movement.

But it's still this same old people that are forming the New party, I don't think they can make any difference

Even though we want Buhari to go we must also consider the other candidates and avoid this same circle of voting someone in and then complaining after

Wishful Thinking, Without the Willpower & Determination!
Foul!

If you don't form new party how will it be possible to have Party EXCO and possibly nominate candidates for elections to be recognised by INEC. Except they collapse into one of the existing parties which I doubt the possibility particularly the PDP.

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Like President Omoyele Sowore said,

Obasanjo's new arrangement is D.O.A - Dead On Arrival

Hmmmm just ing

SalamRushdie:
I am beginning to suspect that Obj is here to sabotage our movt to send the Dullard packing...its too late to form any party that can make an impact against Buhari now ..the only hope is is to rally around a credible visionary smart fair and liberal Northerner and make sure we send the Dullard packing

And who will that Northerner be?

(And it better not be Atiku or Lamido).

We don't want old faces. No white/gray-haired elders.

We want young and vibrant individuals who know what they're doing.

Any inch short, they're but a Bunch of LazyYouths

Mtcheeeeew....... Meanwhile... Waiting for that BABA that said we are lazy to come and .

after coming together to size power, selfish interest will later scater them . recycling the old thieves.

Old thieves and rogues who don't want progress or change

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Any thing that facilitates the removal of the dullard from office next year is highly welcomed .....



Buhari is a disaster

Fukafuka:

That picture is funny, that don was definitely laughing to impress.

Anything to push Buhari out